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The Desert Song
Opened 1926
471 performances
Musical, Early
"The Desert Song" is the fifteenth episode of the American television musical variety series Max Liebman Presents, adapted from the 1926 operetta The Desert Song, which was based on a true event—an uprising of the Riff tribes against French colonial rule in Morocco in 1925.
"DESERT SONG\nBOOK E LYRICS BY\nOTTO HARBACH\noscar hammerstein 282\n&r FRANK MANDEL\nmusic by\nsigmund romberg": the show's own period marketing line.
- Music
- Sigmund Romberg
- Lyrics
- Otto Harbach & Oscar Hammerstein II
- Book
- Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II & Frank Mandel
Productions3 on Broadway
Songs9 songs
The Riff Song, Romance, French Military Marching Song, I Want a Kiss, It’, The Desert Song, Let Love Go, One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden, One Alone
Recordings 6 recordings
Licensing 2 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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